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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MST WED NOV 25 2009
MIDWEEK SUNSHINE PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT START TO THE THANKSGIVING
WEEKEND...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE
STATE...AND A FEW 60S SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER. THESE
NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED A CHILLY MORNING ACROSS
NEW MEXICO...WITH EARLY MORNING LOWS WEDNESDAY RANGING FROM 6 ABOVE
AT GALLUP AND TORREON...AND 7 ABOVE AT GRANTS AND TAOS...TO 28 AT
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES AND 30 AT THE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS AT LAS CRUCES.
A FEW CLOUDS OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ON THANKSGIVING WILL CONTRAST
WITH SUNNY SKIES TO THE NORTH...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE
NORMAL AT MOST POINTS WITH LIGHT WINDS. THE BEAUTIFUL THANKSGIVING
WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR ANOTHER DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES
WARMING UP A FEW DEGREES MORE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...AND
SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOMING A LITTLE BREEZY FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN TO THE TEXAS BORDER ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PLEASANT WEATHER OF THE LAST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEK WILL COME WITH
PRICE...A PATTERN CHANGE AND A FORECAST SHIFT TO MORE WINTRY
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. A NORTH PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM WILL REACH THE FOUR CORNERS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS
OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER WILL EXPAND IN
COVERAGE EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR
BLASTING SOUTHWARD INTO NEW MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT WILL CHANGE RAIN
OVER TO SNOW HEADING INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW LEVELS AT
SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES FALLING STEADILY TO LOWER SLOPES AND
VALLEYS. AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM DIVES ACROSS THE MEXICO BORDER AND
STARTS A SLOW TURN TO THE EAST...TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVED NORTH
AGAINST THE COLD AIR MOVING SOUTH WILL SPREAD SNOW COVERAGE TO THE
SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS...THE SACRAMENTO AND GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN
DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW NORMAL...WITH CHILLY CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO
MONDAY.
THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD STAY
IN TOUCH WITH THEIR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.
AS THE WORK WEEK GETS UNDERWAY...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER
OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. CLEARING SKIES WILL PROVIDE ONLY
MODEST WARMING FOR THE COOL TEMPERATURES...WITH WINDS BLOWING OUT OF
THE NORTH...AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT SINKING SOUTHWARD BY MIDWEEK.
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